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Title: Bell's seed catalogue
Identifier: CAT31284078 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: J. J. Bell Co.
Subjects: Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Trees Catalogs
Publisher: Deposit, N. Y. : J. J. Bell Co.

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511 Bsirs Royal Show Pansies A mixture of aboat 200 large flowering sorts includini? everytbin<r fine to be found in French and Grerman pan- fties, Giant and International pansies, etc. You don't have to buy 4 or 5 different kinds of hi^jh priced sorts to get all the choice pansies grown. Don't fail to try those, all our OAvn arrowing:; packet of about 100 seeds 6c,; packet of about 250 seeds lOc (1-4 o^ 35c). 484 King of ihS 486 Pure Yellow 487 Dark Purple pkt. 5c. 489 IMahoqany Color pkt. 5c. ^ y 490 Brown Bronze Extremely shown; pkt Sc.. -491 Silver Edged Dark pnrple with silvery-white border; pkt. 5c. ^ 495 Fire Dragon ' Fiery oran^reand bronrewith pur- ple eye; pkt. 5c, 498 Giant Odier of Blotched Flowers have a superb large eye, and are beautifully blotched with rich var- ied colors; pkt. 8c. 600 Lord Beaconsfield Larj?e flowers of deep purple violet, top petals shaded to liirht blue, most eilective; pkt. 5c. 502 Emperor WMMam A well-defined purple violet eye, wath main ground of ultramarine blue: pkt, 6c. 503 Stained and Striped Siripings and markings very fine; pkt. 5c, 505 Lady in White, or Snow Flake Pure white, no eye, extra fine and clear; pkt. 5c. 506 French Faced Mixed distinct faced varieties, lar«:« ly in blue and purple shades, very large and handsome; pkt. 8c. 507 Giant Trimardeau Colossal In colors, wonderfully improved in form ; ?e, runs throu^^h pkt J Or a mixture of One package each of the above pansies. 71
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One of the most showy and indispensa- ble of^ gafd64 Bell's Show Mixed Phlox. A rare collec- lion of choice sorts in finest mixtures. We have a fine lot of this seed of our own grow- ing, packets of about 150 seeds 4c, 3 pkts. 10c, \ oz 20c. 449 Cuspidata, Star of Ou^dlinbur^h. This unique variety is the most striking novelty in Phlox ever introduced, it is an oddity of rare and indescribable beauty. The constant wonder of all who see it. The pointed central teeth of the petals are 5 or 6 times as long as the lateral ones and project bejbnd them like little spines \ to \ inches long, giving the tlowers a distinctly marked, regular star-like form, the beauty of which is enhanced by the broad white margins bordering the edges of the petals. Finest mixture of all the brightest possible colors and rare combinations of colors in each blossom; pkt. 10c. Scarlet. Yer^* brilliant and diizzling; pkt, 5c. Alba. Pwre white; pkt. 5c. 563 Flmbriata, or Fringed. Closely related to the Cuspidata and often crosses with it. Petals sometimes toothed and sometimes fringed; pkt. 8c. 555 Pwarf Mammoth. Plants are dwarf in size, while the flow- ers are large and full. Coloi*s run through every desirable shade known to the Phlox; pkt. lOc. 556 New Double White, Free flowering, blossoms large and double. Remains in bloom longer than single sorts; pkt. 10c. ^>60 Stellata, or Star. Intense dazzling color with a large white center which makes a strong contrast, It makes a mt)st pleasing and brilliant mass of bloom till frost; pkt. 8c. MIS OESI^Iu. jfSLlXr -ESOXJS Schizanthus, or Butterfly Flower. Handsome for bedding or cut flowers, elegant large sprays of bloom; pkt. 3c. Salpiglossis. One of the richest and handsomest of all annuaK. gorgeous colors; pkt. \q. Scabiosa, or Mourning: Bride. Very showy and popular; pkt 3c. Stevia. Elegant airy blossoms; pkt. 3c. Whitlavia. H^ l!-shaped blos^ioms of the loviest blue: pkt 3c

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